NY: Terror Case May Establish Line for Entrapment
When four Muslim converts from Newburgh, N.Y., were charged last year with planning to bomb Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes at Stewart International Airport, officials described the plan as a chilling effort to commit local terrorism. (More)
CAIR: Families of Terror Suspects Assist FBI
Wiretaps. Informants. Financial records. All play vital roles in U.S. government investigations to prevent terrorist attacks. But during the past six months, another investigative tool has received increased attention — cooperation from suspects’ families. Also in December, the FBI arrested five Virginia men in Pakistan after their families, concerned the men were in Pakistan to […]
CAIR Video: Muslim Student Union Banned on Calif. Campus
The Council on American-Islamic Relations calls the controversial and unprecedented action “heavy-handed.” “What they would be doing is sending a very wrong message that will stifle free speech, not only at UCI but probably on campuses around the country,” said Hussam Ayloush, Southern California executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
CAIR: Media Coverage of Muslim Citizens Barred from U.S.
CAIR: CAIR: FAIRFAX MAN RETURNING FROM YEMEN STRANDED IN CAIRO AFTER LANDING ON NO-FLY LISTPeter Finn, Washington Post, 6/17/10 …Yahya Wehelie, 26, said Wednesday that after landing at the airport in Cairo in early May, he was told he would not be able to board his connection to New York and would have to go […]
CAIR News Conference on Muslim Citizens Barred from U.S.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/16/10) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today released a letter it sent to Attorney General Eric Holder calling for the return to the United States of American Muslim citizens barred from returning home from trips overseas and subjected to FBI pressure tactics that are being called a form […]
CAIR-CA: Man Attacked For Being Muslim
Sunnyvale public safety officers are trying to track down two young men who struck someone in the face on a busy street, apparently simply for being a Muslim man who was wearing a black cap and holding a Koran… The attackers approached the 40-something man on El Camino Real at Sycamore Terrace on Friday. He […]
CAIR-OK: Lawmaker Says ‘Fools in Black Robes’ to Impose Sharia
Oklahoma State Rep. Rex Duncan (R) is worried that “dangerous fools in black robes” are going to impose sharia law on the U.S. court system. And Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade is right there with him. Duncan is pushing a ballot measure to prohibit courts from considering international or sharia law when handing down decisions, something […]
CAIR-Oklahoma Receives 2010 Census Partner Appreciation Award
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – 6/16/10) – On Saturday June 12th, the U.S. Census Bureau recognized CAIR-Oklahoma with the 2010 Census Partner Appreciation Award. In an award ceremony at the Oklahoma State Capitol in the Governor’s Blue Room, diverse partners from Oklahoma’s interfaith, ethnic and civic communities were recognized for support in raising awareness of and […]
NY Mosque Opponents Made Threatening Phone Calls to Board
Community Board 1 has received threatening phone calls since members backed a controversial plan to build a mosque near the World Trade Center. Shortly after the board voiced support for the Cordoba House, a 13-story mosque and community center two blocks north of the World Trade Center site, the community board office and at least […]
CAIR-LA Seeks Info on Anti-Muslim Bias in Naturalization
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 6/17/10) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), along with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), yesterday filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provide a full […]